Developing Governance and Governing Development: International Case Studies of Indigenous Futures (Indigenous Nations and Collaborative Futures) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1538158418 ISBN 13: 9781538158418

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2023

Synopsis

Globally, far too many discussions about Indigenous governance and development are dominated by accounts of disadvantage, deficit and failure. This book paints a different international picture, testifying to Indigenous peoples as agents of governance innovation and successful developers in their own right, telling stories in their words, from their own experiences and countries. From Indigenous voices, we hear alternative concepts and measures of effectiveness, legitimacy, success and sustainability.

Indigenous stories and voices are captured as case study chapters, written in lively, clear language about what is happening that is promising and productive in Indigenous self-determined governance for self-determined development in Canada, Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and the USA; all English colonial–settler countries.

About this title

About the Author

Diane Smith is an anthropologist, Senior Research Fellow, (Delegated) Associate Dean (Education/Research) and Higher Degree Research (HDR) Program Manager at the National Centre for Indigenous Studies at the ANU. Diane gained her PhD (Anthropology, Indigenous Governance) from the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at The Australian National University. She was a Chief Investigator for the groundbreaking Australian ‘Indigenous Community Governance Research Project’ (2002-2008), and has been a mediation member of the National Native Title Tribunal. She is a Board Director of the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute and wrote the content for the comprehensive AIGI online Indigenous Governance Toolkit. Diane was a co-editor of the influential Australian volume Contested Governance: Culture, power and institutions in Indigenous Australia, co-edited by Janet Hunt, Diane Smith, Stephanie Garling and Will Sanders, CAEPR, ANU EPress (2008). Diane has published extensively over forty years on topics Indigenous governance, development, welfare, resource agreements, native title and land rights, women’s scared sites and knowledge, Indigenous Studies and research methodologies, Indigenous Affairs policy and governmentality.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1538158418
• ISBN 13: 9781538158418
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 508
• Editor: Smith Diane